Question

The American healthcare system is an institution in flux. Healthcare providers are facing increased scrutiny to decrease costs and improve quality, creating value for the entire population. Imagine you are a healthcare manager. Understanding that each point is critical to success, which particular tenet of the Triple Aim framework do you feel is most important in achieving the goal of healthcare delivery optimization? Explain why. Refer to the Institute for Healthcare Improvement website to support your response.

Answer 1

Triple aim framework improving the patient experience of care, improving the health of the populations and reduce the per capita cost of health care. US health care system is costly due to the aging population, increased chronic health problems, global challenges and demand in social services. To address the triple aim framework it need change process to target populations. To innovate the triple aim concept we need to strengthen the health care management, focus on individuals and families, cost control, system integration and execution, redesign of primary care services. Stabilizing per capita cost of care makes less pressure for public and publicly funded health care budget, accountable care organization, innovation in finance, a new model of primary care, patient-centered medical homes, avoiding readmission, innovation in technology can help achieve and strengthen the triple aim thinking.